Miniature Rose Plant Named &#39;Poulpah077&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new garden rose plant of the Miniature class which has abundant, coral pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Botanical designation: Rosa hybrid.

Variety denomination: ‘Poulpah077’.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent, an unnamed seedling, and the male pollen parent, also an unnamed seedling. Both of the parent varieties are non-patented.

The two parents were crossed during the summer of 2009 and the resulting seeds were planted in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark. The new variety, named ‘Poulpah077’, originated as a single seedling from the stated cross.

The new variety may be distinguished from its male pollen parent and female seed parent primarily by the following characteristics. The male pollen parent plant has orange red flowers while the new variety has coral pink flowers. The female seed parent plant is very compact, growing to 20 cm in one season, while the new variety is less compact, growing to 40 cm in one season.

The objective of the hybridization of this rose variety was to create a new and distinct variety for garden use with unique qualities, such as:

-   -   1. Uniform and abundant coral pink flowers;     -   2. Vigorous, but compact growth when propagated both as a budded         rose and on its own roots;     -   3. Exceptional disease resistance.

This combination of qualities is not present in previously available commercial cultivars of this type, known to the inventor, and distinguish ‘Poulpah077’ from all other varieties of which we are aware.

As part of the rose development program, Mogens N. Olesen germinated the seeds from the aforementioned hybridization during winter of 2009 and conducted evaluations on the resulting seedlings in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark. ‘Poulpah077’ was selected in the spring of 2010 by the inventor as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization.

Asexual reproduction of ‘Poulpah077’ by traditional budding and rooted cuttings was first done by Mogens N. Olesen in the nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in July, 2010. This initial and other subsequent asexual propagations conducted in controlled environments have demonstrated that the characteristics of ‘Poulpah077’ are true to type and are transmitted from one generation to the next.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The accompanying color illustrations show as true as is reasonably possible to obtain in color photographs of this type, the typical characteristics of the buds, flowers, leaves, and stems, of ‘Poulpah077’.

Specifically illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawings are open flowers, petals detached, leaves, stems, sepals detached, and reproductive flower parts.

Illustrated in FIG. 2 is a flowering branch, showing attachment and arrangement of peduncles and quantity of flowers on a branch. Plants shown are 2 years of age.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

The following is a description of ‘Poulpah077’, as observed in its growth in a field nursery in Marion County, Oreg. Observed plants are 2 years of age, and were grown on their own roots. Color references are made using The Royal Horticultural Society (London, England) Colour Chart, 2001, except where common terms of color are used.

For a comparison, several physical characteristics of the rose variety ‘Poulpah033’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,509 are compared to ‘Poulpah077’ in Chart 1.

CHART 1 ‘Poulpah077’ ‘Poulpah033’ Petal Count About 100 35 to 40 Flower Diameter 75 mm 60 to 80 mm General Tonality Red Group 50B Red-Purple Group N57A of Flower Color

-   Flower and flower bud:     -   -   Blooming habit.—Continuous.         -   Flower bud.—Size: Upon opening, 20 mm in length from base of             receptacle to end of bud. Bud diameter is 15 mm. Bud form:             Ucerolate. Bud color: As sepals divide petals are Red Group             40A with intonations of Orange-Red Group N34A. Sepal inner             surface: Color: Yellow-Green Group 145C with intonations of             Greyed-Purple Group 183D. Surface: Lightly pubescent. Sepal             outer surface: Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A with             intonations of Greyed-Purple Group 183C. Texture: Smooth.             Sepal Shape: Apex: Cirrhose. Base: Flat at union with             receptacle. Sepal Margin: Margins have weak foliaceous             appendages on three of the five sepals. Sepal size: 28 mm             long, 10 mm wide. Receptacle: Texture: Smooth. Size: 8 mm in             height, 13 mm wide. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A with             strong intonations of Greyed-Purple Group 183A. Shape:             Campanulate. Pedicel: Surface: Smooth. Length: 25 to 30 mm.             Diameter: 3 mm on average. Color: Greyed-Red Group 181A.             Strength: Strong. Peduncle: Length: About 13 to 3 cm.             Diameter: About 5 mm. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A with             intonations of Greyed-Red Group 180A. Texture: Smooth.         -   Flower bud development.—Flower buds are borne in clusters of             5 flower buds on each peduncle, in panicle form.         -   Flower bloom.—Fragrance: None. Duration: The blooms have a             duration on the plant of approximately 7 to 10 days. Petals             fall cleanly away from plant after flowers have fully             matured. Size: Flower diameter is 75 mm when open. Flower             depth is 40 mm. Flower shape: Quartered-rosette, very             double, with many overlapping petals packed into quarter             sections.         -   Petalage.—Under normal conditions, flowers have about 100             petals total.         -   General tonality of flower.—Open flowers are Red Group 50B.         -   Petal color.—Upon opening, outer petals Upper surface: Red             Group 48C. Lower surface: Mainly Red Group 55C. Margins are             Red Group 52C. Upon opening, inner petals: Upper surface:             Red Group 48C. N Lower surface: Mainly Red Group 55C.             Margins are Red Group 52C. Basal petal spots, upon opening:             Upper surface: Yellow Group 10A. Lower surface: Yellow Group             10C. After opening: Petal color is the same as upon opening.         -   Petals.—Petal Reflex: Somewhat reflexed. Margin: Entire and             uniform. Shape: Generally rounded. Apex shape: Rounded. Base             shape: Acute. Size: 35 mm (l)×40 mm (w). Texture: Smooth.             Thickness: Average.         -   Petaloids.—Size: 15 mm (l) by 10 mm (w). Quantity: About 15.             Shape: Irregular, asymmetric, with a rounded apex and acute             base. Color: Same as petals.         -   Reproductive flower parts.—Pollen: None observed. Anthers:             Size: 2 mm in length. Color: Yellow-Orange Group 22A.             Quantity: 30 on average. Filaments: Color: White Group 155A.             Length: 6 mm. Pistils: Length: 10 mm. Quantity: 20 on             average. Stigmas: Color: Yellow-Green Group 145D. Styles:             Color: Yellow-Green Group 145D. Location of stigmas:             Superior in location relative to the length of the filaments             and the height of the anthers. Hips: None Observed. -   Plant:     -   -   Plant growth.—Upright, bushy. Plants are 40 cm in height,             and 40 cm wide.         -   Stems.—Color: Juvenile growth: Yellow-Green Group 144A with             intonations of Greyed-Purple Group 185 A. Mature growth:             Yellow-Green Group 144A with intonations of Greyed-Purple             Group 185A . Length: On average, canes are 20 cm from the             base of the plant to the flowering portion. Diameter: 7 mm.             Internodes: On mature canes about 30 mm between nodes.             Surface Texture: Young wood: Smooth. Older wood: Smooth.         -   Long prickles.—Incidence: None observed.         -   Plant foliage.—Compound leaf: 120 mm (l)×75 (w). Quantity: 3             leaves per 10 cm of stem on average. Leaf bearing angle to             the stem: 45 degrees. Color of juvenile foliage: Upper side:             Yellow-Green Group 144A. Lower side: Yellow-Green Group             144B. Color of mature foliage: Upper side: Yellow-Green             Group 147A. Lower side: Yellow-Green Group 146B.         -   Plant leaves and leaflets.—Stipules: Size: 6 mm long, 2 mm             wide. Quantity: 2 per compound leaf. Shape: Linear, slightly             broad based with outward extending apices. Margins: Finely             serrated. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Petiole: Length:             30 mm. Diameter: 2 mm. Upper surface: Color: Yellow-Green             Group 144A with intonations of Greyed-Red Group 181A. Lower             surface: Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Rachis: Length:             40 mm. Upper surface: Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A with             intonations of Greyed-Red Group 181A. Lower surface: Color:             Yellow-Green Group 144A. Leaflet: Quantity: Normally 5             leaflets. Margins: Serrated. Size: On average terminal             leaflets are 50 mm long, 35 mm wide. Shape: Generally             elliptical. Base: Rounded. Apex: Cuspidate. Texture: Smooth.             Thickness: Average. Arrangement: Odd pinnate. Venation:             Reticulate. Glossiness: Moderate.         -   Disease resistance.—Above average resistance to powdery             mildew Sphaerotheca pannosa, downy mildew Peronospora             sparsa, rust Phragmidium spp., black spot Diplocarpon rosae,             and Botrytis cinerea under normal growing conditions.         -   Cold hardiness.—The variety is tolerant to USDA Cold             Hardiness Zone 6.         -   Heat tolerance.—The variety has been found to be suitable             for climate conditions found in the American Horticulture             Society heat zone 7. 

We claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Miniature rose class named ‘Poulpah077’, substantially as illustrated and described herein, due to its abundant coral pink flowers, disease resistance, and extended period of bloom. 